Aussie Male Model Joins ISIS in Iraq

You can add Aussie male model, Sharky Jama, to the list foreigners who have up and left their homeland to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.  Jama made his way to Fallujah, Iraq, while a buddy of his, Yusuf Yusuf,  ended up in Raqqa, Syria. Yusuf was a university student.

“Mr Jama’s former social media accounts — including one with the username “thelastkhliafat”, a misspelled reference to an Islamic caliphate — have been deleted, but he maintains a Facebook page under a different name in which he offers his perspectives on Islamic State and life under its banners,” according to the newspaper’s online portal.

On Jama’s modeling agency profile page, he is reportedly described as a “brown-eyed, black-haired man who stands at 5’11” (180cm) and wears a size 38R suit.”

“The materialism displayed in his sample photographs contrasts deeply with his new life and religious views. From his posts and comments, it appears Mr Jama first traveled through Europe after leaving Australia, telling one friend he ‘had to shave’ his beard ‘before crossing borders,’” the newspaper added.

Why?  It's beyond comprehension.  Though the allure of sex slaves might be a factor for young dudes.

The rest here.

Hostage Video Links Sydney Terrorist To Islamic State

Here's a video of several of the alleged Aussie Cafe Lindt hostages sharing the demands of Sheikh Man Haron Monis:  They claimed all he wanted was an ISIS flag, a phone call from Prime Minister Tony Abbott on live media, and that all media outlets should be informed that "this is an attack on Australia by the Islamic State."  The video is similar to the Islamic State propaganda videos of John Cantlie, the journalist being held hostage in Syria, slamming the U.K. government for not giving in to the demands of the terrorists.

Here's some background info on Monis. And here. 

So the man was very unstable, but he still carried out the attack in the name of religion, and wanted his affiliation to ISIS known. Exactly what ISIS has been calling for.

With his checkered, anti-Australia, violent background, why was he not deported back to Iran years ago?

The Connection Between Aussie Radical Islamists and Muslim Gangs/Criminals

Although it seems to be exclusively an Australian problem, there seems to be a connection between the Lebanese Muslim community gangs and criminal element, and easy recruitment of ISIS militants.

The children of refugees who fled Lebanon’s civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a majority of Australian militants fighting in the Middle East, according to about a dozen counter-terrorism officials, security experts and Muslim community members.

Of the 160 or so Australian militants believed to be in Iraq or Syria, several are in senior leadership positions, they say.

But unlike fighters from Britain, France or Germany, who experts say are mostly jobless and alienated, a number of the Australian fighters grew up in a tight-knit criminal gang culture, dominated by men with family ties to the region around the Lebanese city of Tripoli, near the border with Syria.

The rest here. It's an interesting read.

Muslim Doctor Offers To Pay Islamic Radicals To Leave Australia

Dr. Jamal Rifi, national finalist in Australia's Local Hero 2009, and founding member of the Christian Muslim Friendship Society, told Islamic extremists he'd "buy them a one-way ticket out of Australia." This was in response to the manager of Al-Risalah Islamic Center- Wissam Haddad- saying that he and his flock would

“give up their passports” if they could leave without “being incriminated”.

Haddad was responding to Australia's announcement regarding the implementation of a $64 million package to counter violent extremism and radicalization.

Dr. Rifi said:

“Let them give away their citizenship. These people are saying they want to go and ­relieve the oppressed Muslims overseas.

“Why would they care so much about the oppression of the Muslims overseas and through their actions and statements cause so much ­oppression and trouble to the Muslims in Australia?”

Haddad had spoken on a radio show and about leaving without incrimination and then posted on Facebook:

“So from what I’ve heard I have been depicted as a radical extremist lunitic (sic) who allegedly supports terror ­activity overseas, (news to me),” he posted on Facebook.

He then issued a challenge to the Australian government to charge Hadley and his listeners who wanted to fund his return to the Middle East.

“Will Ray and his friends be charged with incitement or with the new foreign incursions act I await your humble reply!” Mr Haddad posted on Facebook yesterday, adding in the same Facebook post: “Don’t run Ray”.

Hadley, who exclusively broke the story about the men wanting to revoke their citizenship, refused to be baited by the radicals when The Daily Telegraph contacted him about the post.

Mr Haddad also previously commented he would “live and die” for the Islamic flag not the Australian flag, which also shocked Dr Rifi.

Rifi's response:

“If given the option to fight for the Australian flag or the ISIS (Islamic State) flag I, without any hesitation, will choose the Australian flag ­because I totally believe ISIS and its ideology are the enemy of Islam."

"I am in touch with my community and I am talking in the voice of the majority.”

Good for Rifi.

But not many high-profile Muslims are willing to openly criticize extremists.  After all, they're usually threatened, as was Rifi himself. Back in early August Rifi was threatened by Islamic State jihadist Mohamed Elomar.

H/T Creeping Sharia

Muslim Fathers Of The Year- Bringing Kids To Fight For ISIS

Instead of teaching their kids to play basketball or soccer or whatever it is they play in the Middle-East, or taking them camping for a little fishing, Muslim fathers are bonding with their boys by dragging them to Syria for a little jihad.

This Saudi dad absconded with his two boys- 11-year-old Abed al-Shayeq and his 10-year-old brother Ahmed- to join the Islamist State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria after a fight with his estranged wife.  Daddy texted their mommy after he slipped into Syria through Turkey calling them "birds in paradise", a euphemism for "martyred" kids. They of course will “receive the necessary training before being sent to the battlefield” according to ISIS social media accounts. Which of course means, death.

Then there's this model dad.  Wanted Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf took his boys to Syria last year to join ISIS, and recently posted to his Twitter account a photo of his 7-year-old  proudly holding the decapitated head of a Syrian soldier by the hair. The caption:  "That's my boy."  Sharrouf's brother, who lives in Australia, thinks people should just forget about the photo.  Let's hope Australian authorities are keeping an eye on the bro.

That's Sharrouf with his kiddies.

You're going to have to google for the graphic photos.